Removing Some Hyperlinks

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated September 6, 2025)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024, and Excel in Microsoft 365

Carson has a worksheet that contains quite a few hyperlinks. He needs to remove the hyperlinks from a range of cells in the worksheet, but not all the cells. He wonders if there is an easy way to select some cells and remove the hyperlinks from just those cells.

There are two ways you can handle this—one without a macro and one with. The non-macro approach is quite easy:

  1. Select all the cells from which you want the hyperlinks removed. (You can create a selection set of cells by holding down the Ctrl key as you click on each cell desired.)
  2. Right-click any cell in the set to display a Context menu.
  3. Click Remove Hyperlinks from the Context menu.

If you prefer a macro-based approach, create this macro and place it in your Personal workbook:

Sub DelHyperlinks()
    Selection.Hyperlinks.Delete
End Sub

Assuming you assign a shortcut key to the macro or add it to your Quick Access Toolbar, all you need to do is select the cells you want to affect (as in the previous steps) and then press the shortcut key or click the macro on the QAT.

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ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (13954) applies to Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024, and Excel in Microsoft 365.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. ...

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